- Address
- Bruff
- Type
- School
- NIAH reg. no.
- 21803038
Adelaide House
Bruff
About Adelaide House
The National Inventory rates Adelaide House Regional, one of 26 in Bruff. Adelaide House dates from 1830–1850. 22 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This former school was built with a bequest from Queen Adelaide to educate the local Protestant children of Bruff and the surrounding area. It was built for the Reverend Godfrey Massy to the design of James Pain who gives plans free of charge.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21803038 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 21803038↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Bruff · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies
7 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Near Bruff: more public buildings on the record
5 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. Limerick City Gallery of Art in Dock is the nearest, at 21 km. Farthest out is Mallow Town Hall, Mallow, 38 km away.
Questions about Adelaide House
Is Adelaide House on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 21803038).
Can you visit Adelaide House?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Adelaide House built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1830–1850.
Is Adelaide House protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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